Tonight's beer: G. Schneider & Sohn Aventinus
Bananas and cloves (of course) to open, backed by chocolate and dark bread. Floral-grassy-earthy bitterness lurks behind all-a-that. Flickers of dark dried fruits (cherries, plums, raisins) and maybe dark spirits like rum or brandy or bourbon. Starts out kinda sweet, but dries out pretty thoroughly, if gradually.
Smooth and soft, dense but well-carbonated. A little sticky and chewy but mostly refreshing and a little cleansing. Roughly no trace of the 8.2% ABV: no heat, no prickle, no nothing. Pretty drying by the end.
A delicious beer. Tons of intense and complex flavor, on a graceful structure; balanced and gloriously integrated. I suspect this is the first weizenbock most beer-nerds have; it was mine, and it continues to be my benchmark for the style. Drinkable for days. Truly a world-class beer.
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| G. Schneider & Sohn Aventinus |
Bananas and cloves (of course) to open, backed by chocolate and dark bread. Floral-grassy-earthy bitterness lurks behind all-a-that. Flickers of dark dried fruits (cherries, plums, raisins) and maybe dark spirits like rum or brandy or bourbon. Starts out kinda sweet, but dries out pretty thoroughly, if gradually.
Smooth and soft, dense but well-carbonated. A little sticky and chewy but mostly refreshing and a little cleansing. Roughly no trace of the 8.2% ABV: no heat, no prickle, no nothing. Pretty drying by the end.
A delicious beer. Tons of intense and complex flavor, on a graceful structure; balanced and gloriously integrated. I suspect this is the first weizenbock most beer-nerds have; it was mine, and it continues to be my benchmark for the style. Drinkable for days. Truly a world-class beer.
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